. Artists and Arabs : or, sketching in sunshine . ounted by grim fortifications, which arenot Moorish ; and in a little while we can distin-guish the French houses and hotels, a Place^a modern harbour and lighthouse, docks, andFrench shipping, and one piratical-looking craftthat passes close under our bows, manned by darksailors with bright red sashes and large earrings,dressed like the fishermen in the opera of Mas-aniello. And whilst we are watching and takingit all in, we have glided to our moorings, closeunder the walls of the great Mosque (part ofwhich we have sketched from this very poin
. Artists and Arabs : or, sketching in sunshine . ounted by grim fortifications, which arenot Moorish ; and in a little while we can distin-guish the French houses and hotels, a Place^a modern harbour and lighthouse, docks, andFrench shipping, and one piratical-looking craftthat passes close under our bows, manned by darksailors with bright red sashes and large earrings,dressed like the fishermen in the opera of Mas-aniello. And whilst we are watching and takingit all in, we have glided to our moorings, closeunder the walls of the great Mosque (part ofwhich we have sketched from this very point ofview); and are surrounded by a swarm of half-naked, half-wild and frantic figures, who rushinto the water vociferating and imploring us in 14 ARTISTS AND ARABS. Chap. I. languages difficult to understand, to be permittedto carry the Franks baggage to the shore. Taking the first that comes, we are soon at thelanding steps and beset by a crowd of beggars,touters, idlers and nondescripts of nearly everynation and creed under heaven. CHAPTER IT,. LA EILLE DU cons AIRE C HAPTER IL ALGIERS.
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